Football fans come to Russia: first impressions

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Tomorrow, June 14, the World Cup starts, and it will be held in Russia. The first to play the match is the Russian team with guests from sunny Saudi Arabia. Despite the efforts of anti-Russian propaganda, tens of thousands of fans from all over the world will come to our country.





Since the British media failed to dissuade passionate football fans from visiting Russia, the Daily Mail changed its anger to mercy and decided to give a favorable review of the advantages that British citizens would expect when attending Mundial matches. First, housing and rental prices in Russia are much lower than in the United Kingdom. Secondly, food and drinks are much cheaper, except, perhaps, coffee. Thirdly, the exchange rate of the pound for rubles is very favorable for British guests, which makes it possible to get the maximum possible for less money.

While football fans from Great Britain and Poland, famous for their emotionality and vigor, are not observed in significant quantities in Russia, they will come a bit later by large companies. Foreign tourists today, a day before the start of the Championship, have noticeably increased. But most of them are reporters and journalists from foreign media who have come to cover the international sporting event. Radio France reporters are looking in the streets for those who can confirm stories about the rampant Russian football hooligans waiting for foreign fans. But not yet found. But the French journalists are pleasantly surprised by the friendliness of the Russians and the low prices in shops and restaurants.

Foreign football fans arriving in Russia, as a rule, are sent to Manezhnaya Square, where the symbols of the 2018 World Cup are placed, to take a photo as a keepsake, certainly on Red Square, and then on to the new cult place of the capital - Zaryadye Park. Sports tourists from Brazil, Mexico, Peru, France, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Jordan, Egypt, Sweden and other countries walk around Moscow. According to fans, about ten thousand guests are expected from Sweden. All these will be young and well-off people who will spend considerable money in Russia:

They are unlikely to intentionally be hooligan, but Swedish fans are now on the big rise in terms of near-football showdowns, and many examples were taken from Russian and Polish fans




The Swedes do not believe in the tales of coached Russian football ultras killed by the hands of the special forces schools and fully trust the ability of the Russian police to ensure order in and after matches. At the same time, Swedish tourists also note that food and everything else is two times cheaper than at home in Scandinavia. By the way, even wealthy European tourists prefer to stay not in hotels, but with their companies in rented apartments for the sake of economy.

In general, the first impression of Russia is very favorable for everyone.
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  1. +2
    13 June 2018 16: 34
    No wonder. Inadvertently, the arrogant Saxons resisted so much that the championship will be held in Russia, how many people will be able to make sure that Russia is not what it is represented in the media of the West.
  2. -2
    13 June 2018 16: 42
    Comes - "minuscule". Today it was reported that, for example, in St. Petersburg, hotels and hotels of "economy" class are booked-filled, about one third. Middle class - "a quarter". And the "top luxury" in general, empty. This is not least due to: on the one hand, with anti-Russian hysteria in the west, and on the other hand, with restrictive police measures on the part of the Russian authorities for Russian tourists during the "mundale", and people try not to go to the cities at this time where the competition is held, primarily because of the expectation of all sorts of restrictive inconveniences. Therefore, prices for hotel rooms began to be reduced by about 15-16%. The championship, in terms of the audience's attention, promises to be a "failure" ...
    1. +2
      14 June 2018 01: 35
      HA HA HA. Who handed over? Do not repeat nonsense, just try to book a room in St. Petersburg from the sweet state on the Internet. Prices will pleasantly surprise you. In the center, in principle, nothing to shoot does not shine. Actually ... Last year there was a full house. This is a full house for a full house. Even the smelly Tourist is just full. Conference rooms are urgently remodeled into many local rooms.
      They gave him)))
      1. -1
        14 June 2018 09: 50
        "Who" transmitted "? I heard it on your TV (local" St. Petersburg "channel" 78 "), although there is also in print https://www.rbc.ru/spb_sz/09/06/2018/5b1bd8149a79477a2272a727 tongue
        True "public" "Kisel TV" says the opposite - about "unprecedented demand." You choose who to believe. winked
  3. +1
    14 June 2018 08: 53
    Yesterday I handed over the shift in the evening, so the shift officer told (he has a daughter in the capital) that in Moscow a lot of people are moving to summer houses, and apartments for rent to visiting sports tourists for 10t.Euro per day! I don’t know - true or not ...